After Copenhagen

by Michael Bartlet I was aware of the danger of global warming from childhood. An inspiring geography teacher taught us about the dangers of the destruction of the Amazonian rain forest. I first experienced it for myself, in 1988, on a visit to the Central Bank’s national gallery in Quito, Ecuador. We had been walking…

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“May we look upon our treasures…”

Martina Weitsch of Quaker Council for European Affairs was interviewed on BBC Radio York on Sunday 06/03/2011. See the full transcript of Martina’s interview in this QCEA blogpost. Here is an extract of what Martina said: “York is a very important part of Quaker history, and Quaker present. I myself have lived in Yorkshire for some time…

Food beyond oil

I’m involved in starting a community food garden in the area where I live. It started for me with letting myself feel the shock of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill earlier this year. Those scenes are the consequence of oil-dependence – all the easy oil is gone. What is left is ever harder to drill.…